NYTimes - Environment

Mr. Musk helped create China’s electric vehicle industry. But he is now facing challenges there as well as scrutiny in the West over his reliance on the country.

A new study suggests that two killer whale populations in the North Pacific are distinct enough to be considered separate species.

Tips on finding a sustainable short-term rental, what you can do to conserve energy and getting involved in the community.

Astronomers have gotten better at tracking the motions of stars just beyond the solar system. But that’s made it harder to predict Earth’s future and reconstruct its past.

The ubiquitous ingredient contributes to the loss of tropical forests.

More lost shipwrecks are being found because of new technology, climate change and more vessels scanning the ocean floor for science or commerce.

Lawmakers say preservationists held too much power over decisions on whether buildings should be demolished and what should be allowed to replace them.

Ocean Conservation Namibia is disentangling a record number of seals, while broadcasting the perils of marine debris in a largely feel good way.

The Seine is becoming a test case for a European plan to cut carbon emissions by turning rivers into the new highways.

The Seine is becoming a test case for a European plan to cut carbon emissions by turning rivers into the new highways.

Industries produce 25 percent of America’s planet-warming emissions but so far have proved very hard to clean up. The Biden administration is trying.

Legislators and activists are rallying to squeeze the NY HEAT Act into the state budget by the April 1 deadline.

A writer wonders whether the wild things around her are out of sync with the season.

Domestic manufacturers are caught between China’s low prices and U.S. protectionist policies, even as demand increases.

The regulation would essentially require automakers to sell more electric vehicles and hybrids by gradually tightening limits on tailpipe pollution.

The auto giant lobbied hard against tougher pollution rules. This week, the E.P.A.’s new rules proved favorable to hybrid technology, an area that Toyota dominates.

The comments by a Saudi executive raised questions regarding whose predictions about the future of oil and gas are more likely to be true.

Climate change is raising the risk of blazes that are started by power lines and other utility equipment in many parts of the U.S. besides California.

President Biden halted approvals for new exports of liquefied natural gas to study its effect on the climate, national security and the economy. Major oil- and gas-producing states are angry.

In “On the Move,” Abrahm Lustgarten predicts a massive demographic shift in response to an increasingly unlivable world.